Amid rising Red Sea shipping risks due to attacks on vessels from Yemen’s Houthis, Saudi Arabia has increased exports from its northern Red Sea terminal to avoid the danger zone, according to Bloomberg and Reuters. Oil exports from Saudi Arabia’s Muajjiz terminal saw a 580,000-barrel-per-day increase in January, based on …
Read More »Saudi Aramco Ramps up Oil and Oil Product Transportation through Red Sea
The Saudi Arabian Oil Group (Aramco), the world’s largest oil company, will continue to ship oil and fuel through the southern Red Sea, Trend reports. “We are navigating through the Red Sea with our oil and oil product cargoes, we find the associated risks manageable,” the company’s spokesman said. Aramco’s …
Read More »Russia Leapfrogs Saudi Arabia to become China’s Top Crude Oil Supplier
Russia leapfrogged Saudi Arabia to become China’s top crude oil supplier in 2023, data showed on Saturday, as the world’s biggest crude importer defied Western sanctions to purchase vast quantities of discounted oil for its processing plants. Russia shipped a record 107.02 million metric tons of crude oil to China …
Read More »Saudi Arabia to Cut Crude Oil Prices in all Regions
Saudi Arabia will cut key crude oil prices for buyers in all regions, including its main Asia market, for February amid persistent weakness in the market, Bloomberg reported. State producer Saudi Aramco reduced its flagship Arab Light price to Asia by $2 to $1.50 a barrel above the benchmark. Oil …
Read More »IEA: Saudi Arabia and Iraq Top the List of Arab World Oil Reserves in 2023
The International Energy Agency (IAE) reported that Iraq ranks second in the Arab world for oil reserves. According to the IEA’s latest report, Saudi Arabia ranked first in oil reserves with 267.19 billion barrels. In comparison, Iraq maintained its position (second) with 145.01 billion barrels, and the UAE showed an …
Read More »Aramco Turns to Big Data to Shape M&A and Boost Profit
Saudi oil giant Aramco is boosting its big data and artificial intelligence unit that links up its assets to help maximise profit, assisting on decisions from trading to acquisitions, a senior executive told Reuters. “We have 70 people working on this, we’re still adding more,” Yasser Mufti, Aramco’s executive vice …
Read More »Putin to Visit Saudi Arabia, UAE with Gaza War on Agenda
Russian President Vladimir Putin is scheduled to visit the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia on Wednesday. The talks will focus on bilateral relations and the Israel regime-Hamas war, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Tuesday. Peskov said that discussions on oil market cooperation will be on the agenda of …
Read More »Saudi Arabia could Cut the Price of Its Flagship Crude for Asia
Rising global crude stockpiles and weak demand could prompt Saudi Arabia to lower the price of Arab Light, its flagship crude, for Asian customers for January for the first time in seven months, a Reuters survey showed on Friday. Saudi Aramco, the world’s largest crude oil exporter, could lower the …
Read More »Nigeria Looks to Attract Saudi Investment in Downstream Sector
Nigeria expects to see “significant investment flow immediately” from Saudi Arabia after the top crude producer in the Middle East and Africa’s largest oil producer signed investment and cooperation agreements in the energy sector at a summit in Riyadh last week. Nigeria has been looking to attract foreign investment in …
Read More »Russia, Saudi Arabia to Discuss Oil Market, Prices on Wednesday
Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said that Russia and Saudi Arabia will discuss the oil market situation and oil prices later on Wednesday, news agencies reported, as the Israel-Palestinian conflict rages on. Saudi Arabia’s Minister for Energy Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman is due to take part in an energy …
Read More »